The Korea Herald

NATIONAL

LATEST NEWS

Moon, Trump to meet at G20 summit: White House

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump will meet on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit in Argentina this week, the White House said Tuesday. Moon is among several leader...

Nov 28, 2018
Foreign Policy
Korea concerned about report of Japanese minister's 'undiplomatic' remark

South Korea voiced strong regret Tuesday about the Japanese foreign minister's reported comments on soured bilateral relations in another sign of a deepening rift over history issues. South Korea's ...

Nov 27, 2018
Foreign Policy
Local govt. heads of Korea, China agree to cooperate to improve air quality

Local governments of South Korea and China on Tuesday agreed to deepen bilateral cooperation to tackle the deteriorating air quality of the two countries. Mayors and governors of seven South Korean ...

Nov 27, 2018
Foreign Policy
Korea, US continue 'higher-level' exercises off peninsula: US general

South Korea and the United States have been conducting "higher-level" military exercises off the Korean Peninsula despite the suspension of key allied drills that stoked fears of laxity in their comb...

Nov 27, 2018
Foreign Policy
President Moon arrives in Prague

PRAGUE, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in the Czech Republic on Tuesday, en route to Argentina for the annual Group of 20 summit. Moon is scheduled to hold a bilatera...

Nov 27, 2018
Foreign Policy
Korea, China, Japan to fight contagious diseases

Health ministers of South Korea, China and Japan gathered this past weekend to discuss ways to jointly fight contagious diseases and expand cooperation on health-related matters, Seoul's government s...

Nov 26, 2018
Foreign Policy
Seoul mayor to visit Beijing for closer bilateral cooperation

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon plans to visit Beijing this week to attend a series of events on partnerships between the capital cities, his office said Sunday. He plans to begin a four-day trip there th...

Nov 25, 2018
Foreign Policy
EU moving to take sides with Japan on suit against Korea's shipbuilding industry

The European Union expressed an intention to participate in an on-going complaint filed by Japan against South Korea's shipbuilding industry, the World Trading Organization said Sunday. "The EU note...

Nov 25, 2018
Foreign Policy
Korea requests Romania's support for Korea peace process

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Friday asked Romania to play a key role in supporting the Korean Peninsula peace process, especially when it holds the European Union's rotating presid...

Nov 23, 2018
Foreign Policy
Sex slavery issue cannot be resolved through diplomacy: ministry

The issue of Japan’s military sexual enslavement of South Korean women cannot be resolved through diplomatic negotiations, a government official said Thursday, amid worsening bilateral ties over Seou...

Nov 22, 2018
Foreign Policy
S. Korea in talks with US, relevant parties on sanctions exemptions for railway project

South Korea, the US and other concerned parties are discussing temporary sanctions exemptions for a joint railway field survey with North Korea, a Unification Ministry official said Thursday. The tw...

Nov 22, 2018
Foreign Policy
S. Korea, US plan biweekly 'working group' consultations on N. Korea

South Korea and the United States will hold bilateral "working group" consultations on North Korea as often as possible, either through face-to-face talks or videoconferencing, officials said Thursda...

Nov 22, 2018
Foreign Policy
Russian ship under US sanction yet to leave S. Korea: ministry

A Russian-flagged vessel slapped with US sanctions against North Korea has yet to leave a South Korean port, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. (Yonhap) The ministry’s response came following...

Nov 21, 2018
Foreign Policy
US strongly supports inter-Korean railway inspection: nuclear envoy

The US expressed “strong support” for the two Koreas’ plan to conduct a joint study to connect railways across their border, a top South Korean official said Wednesday, after the first meeting of a S...

Nov 21, 2018
Foreign Policy
South Korea denounces Japanese politicians' rally over Dokdo

South Korea's foreign ministry on Wednesday issued a strong protest against Japanese politicians' rally in Tokyo to claim sovereignty of the East Sea islets of Dokdo, calling their assertion "absurd....

Nov 21, 2018
Foreign Policy

The Korea Herald by Herald Corporation

Address : Huam-ro 4-gil 10, Yongsan-gu,Seoul, Korea
Online newspaper registration No : Seoul 아03711
Date of registration : 2015.04.28
Publisher. Editor : Kwon Chung-won
Juvenile Protection Manager : Yang Sung-jin
Tel : 02.727.0114